By Dr. Karin Dina, D.C.Spring is in the air and gardening season has begun in our home! Some of the many joys a raw food enthusiast experiences in Springtime are: preparing soil in raised beds to grow favorite garden vegetables, choosing the perfect vegetable starts, then planting them and watching them grow throughout the season.

Organic Raw Vegan Lifestyle Those of us interested in supporting organic agriculture and a raw vegan lifestyle are a step ahead of the game when it comes to avoiding GMOs. Still, no one is totally exempt from danger, since big agribusiness, chemical and biotech industries, and seed companies like Monsanto are spending millions of dollars

The weather is warming up - family vacations and road trips are on the horizon. Can you take your raw food lifestyle on the road with you? The answer is yes! It’s good to know that maintaining a raw food diet no matter where you are is easy when you learn a few handy tips

Chronic illness and a family history of heart disease and cancer motivated me at an early age to study about health and the cause of disease. I saw family members who had been slender as youngsters become obese and develop diabetes, heart problems, and other diet-related, life-threatening conditions. I was determined to escape what was

We’re always happy when the general public discovers the benefits of eating raw vegan foods and adopting a plant-based diet. One of the great disadvantages of following the Standard American Diet (S.A.D. Diet) is the preponderance of unhealthy sugars in the daily diet, many of them hidden in foods the unsuspecting public would not consider

There is no limit to the variety of enticing salad dressings you can make once you understand the basic principles involved. A good salad dressing can help you feel totally satisfied with a fresh salad every day, even if you do not consider yourself a "good" raw food chef yet. Salads never need to be

Dan and Cherie are thrilled to participate in an exciting new educational event, the first ever Raw Living Summit, with up-to-date information from experts in the field of health and healing, raw food, cleansing and radiation protection, to name just a few of the important topics on the agenda. The Raw Living Summit shares powerful

Here’s how to make an everyday raw food lunch that turns your office mates GREEN with envy: raw vegan wraps and rolls are easy to make, colorful, tasty, and beautiful—a skeptic might become a raw food enthusiast just because they want a bite! Make a simple lunch or snack into a raw food adventure by

The 6th Annual Raw Living Expo was another extraordinary event this year, with time to learn, time to connect, time to experience creative ideas and creative people and eat delicious raw vegan food. One of the highlights this year was the Best of Raw Gala Awards Dinner, sponsored by Living Light International. What a thrilling evening

A plant-based raw vegan diet is naturally lower in calories and higher in nutrient dense foods than a typical “sad” American diet, a traditional vegetarian diet, or even a cooked vegan diet, which is great news since most people worry about the calories they consume and whether or not the fats they choose are healthy